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Jenny Banh & Melissa King
Anthropology of Los Angeles [EPUB ebook]
Place and Agency in an Urban Setting

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The Anthropology of Los Angeles: Place and Agency in an Urban Setting questions the production and representations of L.A. by revealing the gray spaces between the real and imagined city. Contributors to this urban ethnography document hidden histories that connect daily actors within cultural systems to global social formations. This diverse collection is recommended for scholars of anthropology, history, sociology, race studies, gender studies, food studies, Latin American studies, and Asian studies.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9781498528542 ● Editor Jenny Banh & Melissa King ● Publisher Lexington Books ● Published 2017 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 5462127 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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